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Board committee backs code change to speed 100% affordable housing approvals
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee voted to forward Supervisor Scott Wiener’s ordinance allowing 100% affordable housing projects to be treated as a principal use, eliminating a conditional‑use hearing in uncontested cases to shorten approval timelines; planning review and neighborhood notification will remain in place.
Supervisor Scott Wiener’s ordinance to streamline approvals for 100% affordable housing projects was forwarded with a positive recommendation by the Land Use & Transportation Committee on Jan. 19.
Wiener told the committee the change would reduce uncertainty and cut months off approval timelines for projects that face no opposition, saying the measure "will make it easier and faster and less expensive to build affordable housing in San Francisco." He emphasized the proposal applies only to projects that are 100% affordable and that design review and neighborhood notification will continue.
Monica Mohan of the Planning Department told the committee the Planning…
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